When action figures become TOO expensive

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When action figures become TOO expensive

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Today we are taking a look at the new line of Street Sharks that POPPED UP out of nowhere by Mattel Creations! There are 3 in this first series and we are taking a look at CLAMBO!
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@Toygains 3 жыл бұрын

Collectors “bring back street sharks” Mattel “here you go, sort of”

@jamesrogers1554 3 жыл бұрын

Well Mattel may not be sending Laura any more free figures to review anytime soon, but she keeps it real and honest in her critique. And that’s what I appreciates about her.

@yunsukim4146 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Laura I hope you're doing well! We all miss you very much!

@aaronerickson2734 3 жыл бұрын

One reason to love you Laura is that your always honest in your critiques . You don’t let anyone sway you. You tell it like it is ❤️

@liampascoe7085 2 жыл бұрын

I am also concerned we haven't seen Laura for a hot minute. Best wishes LL. X

@marklaurenzi1609 3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have thought Street Sharks still gets made. Still a cool figure.

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

🦈

@LordRayken 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up with Street Sharks and loved the cartoon as a child. I collected tons of the toys, hand puppets, vehicles, etc and only a few survived the past 20 years. I also have the comics. But these are... weird. I'm not sure who they're trying to capture with these and at these prices they may have seriously hurt the line right out of the gate.

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

Ya I feel if they were like $50 they would be more appetizing, but I feel like with their designs they really decreased the size of their target market

@LordRayken 3 жыл бұрын

@@LauraLegends Yup. And due to that they may go "See, no one likes Street Sharks anymore! No one wanted these, cancel the future concepts!" and then they kill future Street Sharks toys.

@user-do2ev2hr7h 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think they're really trying to start a "line" though. They're just doing a handful of high end collector pieces. With a 1000 piece run, the market is going to have a hard ceiling either way.

@Carnage6X 3 жыл бұрын

They are trying to do them in the Japanese Sofubi style and not the original Street Sharks style which may turn off some fans. If you don't know, the Japanese Sofubi figures are often very limited soft vinyl figures. They do mostly come in bags like the one included in this set. They can also be hundreds of dollars for one especially if it's a special limited color version. So I feel they felt the price is justified because if you are comparing them to the Japanese figures, it's actually less expensive then some of those but I think this may hurt their success in America because of this higher price point that North Americans are not used to.

@joandarc441 3 жыл бұрын

Streets shark should be on Fighting games as a guest character or they should have their beat em up game video game

@robo_mesr_oner 3 жыл бұрын

That would be cool

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea haha

@MyBenjamin73 3 жыл бұрын

Injustice 3 would be a great place to bring them back

@DavidGonzales-rt7qd 3 жыл бұрын

Clambo comes with a ziploc bag to prevent spoilage. 10/10!!

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

mmm fresh clams!

@popcultureoppressionobsess2104 2 жыл бұрын

Laura!! Hope everything's going ok for you!!

@xOubax 3 жыл бұрын

When I hear Commando I immediately think no underwear! 🤣 I think I have selective hearing, you did say Clambo or was it Clamando? I totally thought it was commando! 🤣🤣

@Possiblechange 3 жыл бұрын

Clambo is the only one of the set that resembles the classic style..especially without the rubber..I mean come on, a clam is rubbery to begin with

@ThePandamone 3 жыл бұрын

The bad news is there may enough census for a revival of this awesome 80s toy line to come back because people aren’t going to shell out the claims. Hopefully Mattel or someone like that can reproduce them like they did with he-men, ghost busters etc.

@tonyjackson4078 3 жыл бұрын

It's like the Neca Toon Turtles line. On one hand it's incredibly great to get show accurate guys with a lot of accessories, but availability and aftermarket prices almost make it a judgement call. It's really just how deep you get drawn in.

@ieyke 3 жыл бұрын

But that's (theoretically) not really NECA's fault. They (for some reason) seem to think their stuff is easily available, and they're really only $25 each, which is wildly reasonable. This is the company itself making them LUDICROUSLY expensive, and CHOOSING to make them limited.

@josephcarlson9487 3 жыл бұрын

also my attitude changed towards the Krakass figure when I noticed he's meant to be a school of piranha because no single piranha is dangerous alone. And as a Street sharks fan I wanna gush vent on how happy I am they made a Clambo figure. When I was a kid I would collect clams from a local lake, I had about a dozen that made it to pet status. So I waited so patiently for the clam guy to come out lol. I learned to draw redesigning him and the rest of the characters as toys, I've still got a pile of those designs in a folder somewhere. I was like in first grade so they weren't great lol I wonder if mattel would be interested in designs made by an actual kid in the actual 90s

@figuresaremyonlyfriends8182 3 жыл бұрын

The original villian characters like Slobster, Slash, and Piranoid were all hard plastic and did not have the rubber feel though.

@retsim-rellim1223 3 жыл бұрын

This all day! I've been trying to tell fans who actually still have the toys, to really feel the weight and material of the villains. Yes the price is bad but Clambo is perfect, colours maybe a little garish but he has the right size, articulation and a gimmick (opening shell). Plus much like Killamari his toy looks nothing like his animation version, so for me he could have easily come out in 94' and that's why I've ordered one.

@ChapMeifan 3 жыл бұрын

The whole nostalgia angle has become a method for toy companies to justify ripping off people with high prices. ReAction figures used to be $10 each and, honestly, that was a lot for what you got. But now they are $17.99 for pretty much the same thing. I've been collecting action figures since the 1970's and love that they make obscure characters to fill in the missing blanks in our collections. But these prices are too much. Thanks for your honest review.

@khorneschosen7561 2 жыл бұрын

Clambo is my spirit animal.

@user-do2ev2hr7h 3 жыл бұрын

The bad guys in the original line were always more colorful than the heroes to me. Dr. Piranoid was absolutely neon.

@Bazscoobz 2 жыл бұрын

So cool seeing all these old toys!

@brauliogranados3043 3 жыл бұрын

Sofubi, almost all japan kaijus are made of that material (blow plastic) and they painted with that fade technique and crhome fade colors 🤓

@rasmussen9121 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the honest review! 🙏🏽 Great video as always! 💯 Clamdo is the one I like the best too, but there is no way I would pay $95 CAD for one.

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

ya a little too pricey!

@jeramyheinrich2934 3 жыл бұрын

That was my thoughts exactly, not worth the $75. It's to bad though, I was really looking forward to Street Sharks in 2021.

@PixelGameSquad 3 жыл бұрын

Your vids are always a fantastic breath of fresh air 😎

@sleepytwiggaming 3 жыл бұрын

I believe Japanese sofubi is expensive because it's a small run and they are hand painted and hand pulled. Not sure if these were hand painted though

@chadmuskaa2806 2 жыл бұрын

BOGLINS!!!

@sliderrails1851 3 жыл бұрын

not the worst idea to go through original un used sketches and make runs of them

@wickedcrypto6004 2 жыл бұрын

Mezco, Storm collectibles and SH are expensive as well. Being a action figure collector is expensive business lol.

@wheeljoker 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's cool that the figures are based on unreleased concepts from back in the day and that they scaled them appropriately.. That said,they're to expensive for what they are and they don't have the look of the original design. It's like they couldn't figure out which market they were trying to service here

@truckshackley373 3 жыл бұрын

Ripster looks more like Jabberjaw than a Street Shark

@newtforce8331 3 жыл бұрын

I agree WAAAAAY TOO EXPENSIVE. Definitely not wasting money on these

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

🦈💰

@davidjaranilla952 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm. I wonder what Vin Diesel would think of these releases. Would he think they were as Vintastic as a... HAND SHARK!

@johnm.withersiv4352 3 жыл бұрын

Street Sharks needs to have a reboot cartoon and a new toyline and probably a tie in mobile game. That would bring the prices down to where I can afford a Clammando.

@soundofmetal 3 жыл бұрын

I buy imports like Mezco, Damtoys and 1000toys that cost a little more as imports but you get alot of accessories. These are not worth $75 for being domestic to US buyers.

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

Or a Canadian :(

@soundofmetal 3 жыл бұрын

@@LauraLegends agreed

@illiteratedino 3 жыл бұрын

The size of the box made me think the figure was bigger. I always hate that. He does look cool though. Ripster looks more like a Dolphin.

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

haha he does sort of look like a dolphin --- omg thought... a dolphin version of dolph ludgren lol

@illiteratedino 3 жыл бұрын

@@LauraLegends I was thinking the same thing! I'd name him Dolph Lungfish or something, even though he's not a lungfish.

@niqoviza4493 2 жыл бұрын

very interesting and unique

@jonathanward8967 3 жыл бұрын

Limited edition figure WITH a packaging error...dare I say "holy grail"?

@CEO_FADeD 3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you.... The rubber just works and is fitting. OG's forever.

@Demeaner4 3 жыл бұрын

This feels like if Marvel printed a few dozen copies of a twenty-page zine and charged $40 each. It just doesn't sit well with me, whatever the actual quality of the product. Besides, I was more of an Extreme Dinosaurs kid.

@Mr.Boglin 5 ай бұрын

WTF!?!? I JUST *NOW* FIND OUT ABOUT THIS!? DAMMIT! Clammando was always my favorite, and now i missed it because i didn't even know it existed! UGH!

@iasiahharrison9185 3 жыл бұрын

So stoked street sharks are making a comeback really hope extreme dinosaurs return as well 🤞

@daneecto_8412 3 жыл бұрын

Found me a slugger slamu street shark at a toy stall last week. Absolutely love it

@prestigeworldwide6332 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a hard pass from me. I think they missed the mark on this one let alone the horrendous price

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

🦈💰

@chadmuskaa2806 2 жыл бұрын

@@LauraLegends The NEW BOGLINS are now out if you like hand puppets. Strange not to see any in yr collection!! Boglins are the best!!! DWORK, SLOBSTER, DROOL.....You need em!! The new ALIEN Boglins are out next month!!!

@thepeanutgallery6100 3 жыл бұрын

2:14 me in every aspect of life.

@SlayerSantiago 3 жыл бұрын

*Sees Street Shark box* Me: tell me more!

@bigbob0042 3 жыл бұрын

That ain’t Ripster , that looks like Jabberjaw from the Hanna barbera cartoons , LMAO

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

oh it kind of does 😂

@sleepytwiggaming 3 жыл бұрын

love sofubi toys

@originalhaggis 3 жыл бұрын

Figure: $50 + Box: $25. Too fancy for mass consumption. Pretty cool fig though!

@DonGustavoAtYaamava 3 жыл бұрын

Street sharks!

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

JAWSOME!

@patrickmcgavin3441 3 жыл бұрын

Clambo does look the coolest it's cool that they're making the street sharks that were never made to add to anyones street sharks collection. I would buy them if i had the original street sharks toy line like you but on ebay ppl are asking to much for them even the ones incomplete. If i'm going to pay what they're asking i want 'em 100% complete. As always Laura great review and video see you next time.

@drez4726 3 жыл бұрын

“Goldfish Gym” lol

@blackcat-dh8gq 3 жыл бұрын

limited to 1,000 is dumb, that means the price will be even higher on the secondary market

@andrethornton3371 3 жыл бұрын

I have loved your videos for a while now, but listening to an honest, none persuaded, review just put you over the top favorite tuber for me

@gtoykeeper 3 жыл бұрын

They are overpriced art pieces. $30-40 max would have been acceptable prices. It’s sad in my opinion.

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

I could do $50 CAN but not $95 CAN haha

@gtoykeeper 3 жыл бұрын

@@LauraLegends I honestly got really excited when someone mentioned that street sharks were coming back. But when I saw the ripster and piranoid figures I honestly thought I was looking at boomerang’s jabber jaw concept art 😂😂 I said Ewww that isn’t street sharks.

@GamingandFrightened 3 жыл бұрын

I hate the fact they release a new line and then quickly end it. Kenner Classics I’m looking at you!

@keithyoung7640 2 жыл бұрын

@@LauraLegends hey girl missing you

@robertrodriguez2106 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Sofubi figures come a plastic bag. I guess they gave you a bag to make it look like it came in one.

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how to open the bag lol maybe there is a secret little opening that I missed

@Th3Xp3rt 3 жыл бұрын

HA! Now maybe you'll look at those sweet BOSSFIGHT STUDIOS Bucky O'hare figures? They're pretty darn cool!

@sharksinurmouth 3 жыл бұрын

Should just be thankful for access to these figures. Try shipping in any figure into Australia. Just rediculous prices for imports.

@Pop_and_Chips 3 жыл бұрын

The cost of shipping things to Canada is terrible. Recently paid $30 for a Wendy's fast food toy from Ebay 😫

@Wushu-viking 3 жыл бұрын

Knowing I gave all my He-Man and Turtles figures to a younger boy in the family many years ago. Well I hope someone has made money of them eventually. (to bad I didn't)

@notjackiechan9420 3 жыл бұрын

theyre gonna sell like 700 Clambo's, 400 Ripsters and like 100 of the other one lol. they will set up the rest of the unsold figures around their office for nerf gun target practice during their breaks.

@emerje0 3 жыл бұрын

The price isn't ideal, but for a 1000 piece run on molds that they'll likely never use again it's probably the right price to cover the production, mold tooling, packaging and make a profit. I'm surprised they aren't soft if they're calling them sofubi since soft vinyl is, you know, soft and usually hollow. It comes with a bag as a bonus because sofubi toys are generally sold in bags instead of boxes or bubble carded.

@user-do2ev2hr7h 3 жыл бұрын

That's the elephant in the room I think that some people don't always get. Sometimes you're not paying strictly based on the quality of the piece but also are paying a premium to make an extremely niche product economically viable.

@h4rdboiled695 3 жыл бұрын

Its still a toy though.

@user-do2ev2hr7h 3 жыл бұрын

@@h4rdboiled695 I'm not saying it isn't, or that it's worth the money. An explanation is not always the same as a justification.

@emerje0 3 жыл бұрын

@@h4rdboiled695 Yeah, so? What does that have to do with the price, it isn't for kids?

@namehereandthere 3 жыл бұрын

You honestly think they won’t reuse these molds and reissue these figures in different colors? Are you new to toy collecting? Go check out the Lords of Power Power Con box set from Mattel. You’re paying a premium for the box and stupid colors. SMH.

@truerc 2 жыл бұрын

If you think these are expensive, check the prices on some Funko pops that are limited to 1000 units. Those are junk. These new Street Skarks were a bargain considering the small edition size.

@erickelly4630 2 жыл бұрын

Where'd you go? I hope your ok up there in BC. Miss your post down here in Texas.

@carlosmarquez17 3 жыл бұрын

New Street Sharks? WHAAAT!!!

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

🤓

@maxtarrant8474 2 жыл бұрын

I think karkass is my favourite and that toy line is gonna be good

@sjwilson1079 3 жыл бұрын

Laura, you’re such a legend, lol

@noconcent2Bborn 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, I'm gonna play earthworm Jim now.

@Byrdznyst 3 жыл бұрын

Coolest Thing.. Piranhadonz Head .. Rippstir Lookz Like Jabber Jaw or Charley Tuna *

@j-rexentertainment7246 3 жыл бұрын

Came here for the toys, stayed for the personality. Glad I stumbled upon this, subscribed

@jerrybirch6005 2 жыл бұрын

Hope all is well 🙏

@orion246810 2 жыл бұрын

I Hope Everything is Alright Laura.

@simscollectables 3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you on this.

@Samridh_art 3 жыл бұрын

And that’s why I love your videos 🤨👍

@Evansjd87 3 жыл бұрын

As a huge Street Shark fan: 1) Ripster looks like he belongs in another toy line; maybe Hanna-Barbera’s Jabberjaw on steroids. I understand it’s a concept, but this would not have drawn me in as a kid. 2) Karkass looks kind of like he fits in with the old line, but looks plane and not interesting to me at all. Wouldn’t pay $75 for that. 3) Clambo looks like he fits pretty well with the old line. I really like him, especially because I always wanted a Clammando figure, from the show, as a kid. They should have started with a version of the original characters and figures and then done these later. Hopefully, their not deciding whether or not to continue this line based on the sales of these 3 figures.

@josephcarlson9487 3 жыл бұрын

I heard them mention on the site that they stayed with the simple track suit for Karkass from the sketch to fit in with the regular yet athletic clothes the original street sharks wore. Not sure if that was the best idea but that is how he looks in the sketch. Also Jabberjaw on steroids is word-for-word what I said too lol

@Evansjd87 3 жыл бұрын

@@josephcarlson9487 That makes sense, and they are staying true to the original drawings, which is not a terrible concept in itself. I just wish they did it after putting out the original characters first. But that’s a good point.

@kalobhunt9001 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah all these look like ninja turtles more than street sharks. I cant wait for storm collectibles to do some sharks.

@RevokCronenberg 3 жыл бұрын

Hair looks nice. Strong highlights.

@stop-motion-verse 3 жыл бұрын

Did they seriously misspell animated on the package 😂

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

Ya haha

@bashcrash9148 3 жыл бұрын

Laura is my favorite legend.

@kairi206 3 жыл бұрын

Great honest review, but I felt like you just hated that band aid..lol any way stay legendary...🤩

@figuenew 3 жыл бұрын

12:27 Clambo seems really mad hearing at what Laura had to say at the end of the video 🤣

@spidertaz82 3 жыл бұрын

I bet those Street Shark toys are be demonically high priced

@joshua2814 3 жыл бұрын

Literally watching this video in a room with dozens and dozens of sofubi kaiju toys.

@corbinscollectibles6818 3 жыл бұрын

Omg love you collection I’m a new collector

@JurassicRod 3 жыл бұрын

The price is crazy! They're more expensive than the Super7 Ultimates and Bossfight Bucky O'Hare figures. Yet there are from a huge company like Mattel. If smaller, independent companies can charge less for more articulation and size then Mattel surely could?

@tawdryhepburn4686 3 жыл бұрын

Reverse that. Mattel CANT go cheaper. They have massive overhead. Super7 and the like are far more nimble because they are small.

@toyscavenger 3 жыл бұрын

I think the high price point is because if there is only 3000 of these being made, (which is not our choice) the costs must be really high! There is only usually about 20% max profit on modern figures In general for retailers, so for $225,000 dollars that mattel will get if sold out would be interesting how much they are actually making. I still actually really like them, and would of bought them if u hadnt been asked to review them, Clambo 100% is best.

@ritzrainiermondoy1087 3 жыл бұрын

I like this new figure

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

🦈

@jovishania 2 жыл бұрын

Where are you ?

@ciscodeer9094 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they should have went with the original material for the street sharks.

@asurlybarber3620 3 жыл бұрын

Seventy-five dollars? Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein!

@tomwhited6443 3 жыл бұрын

Is it weird that I find your eyebrows highly entertaining?

@bloodtopaz8816 3 жыл бұрын

These are little pricey but they are meant for the mega fans of Street Sharks. For the guy or gal that has to have them all.

@jimt7109 3 жыл бұрын

I like Clambo, but why is he half-oyster? He should be half-clam. Meet Rhinoceros man! He's half man, half hippopotamus.

@LauraLegends 3 жыл бұрын

hahaha 😂😂 on his written bio on the box it says he's half oyster I think

@jimt7109 3 жыл бұрын

@@LauraLegends it does! I saw it. I guess he's half-oyster, but he identifies as clam. Who am I to judge?

@MrMojo112 3 жыл бұрын

Sofubi are Japanese soft vinyl figures. You can look at Bandai Godzilla vinyls for example. There are designer Sofubis which come from companies like Bullmark or Marmit. The bright colors were done on purpose to mimic designer sofubis. Sofubis also usually come in the bag with the stapled label that was included.

@thedoctorofstyleirondeadpaul 3 жыл бұрын

Street sharks toys were cool n awesome. Looking gorgeous Laura😍😍😍

@robertforester7938 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a huge Street Sharks fan but they can keep these guys 😬

@jonesthedeaddd8724 3 жыл бұрын

Loved these things when I was lil

@niccer1499 3 жыл бұрын

I guess the bag is for the accessories

@omegashenron8 3 жыл бұрын

Another thing you forgot to mention for us Canadians is custom fees. We'd be paying like $20 more on top of everything else just for 1 figure.

@PLASTK_pizza 3 жыл бұрын

Your review was the one I was waiting for. You’re the Street Shark/ JP Guru chick! I think you gave a fun and honest review. It’s sad these missed the mark. Help us Storm Collectibles, your our only hope.